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The hollow thud of the large walking staff Duccio is using in place of his usual cane precedes his arrival by a fair bit as his pace is more sedated his features lost in contemplation as he enters the main meeting chambers. Looking around the room Duccio gives a nod to Torston when he sees him along with a faint smile before his eyes are drawn to the red-headed woman next to Isaac and Gwynne and makes his way over to those three.

"You are Sophie correct? I am unsure if we have been properly introduced I am Leonarduccio Esposito and when time allows there are some personal matters that I wish to discus with you."

The door opens and in walks Godfrey, hands behind his back and a serious look on his face. Next to him walks a short woman with black hair and dark clothing. She is beautiful, but ordinary. She walks diligently next to Godfrey, step by step. She is holding a book and she does not smile. Godfrey offers a seat to the woman and then sits down himself. He crosses his legs and folds his hand on his lap.

"Oh I did not mean to interrupt all that has been happening seems to have left me short on manners. The conversation shall be brief so you can get back to helping find dear Finn." Duccio says with a small sigh before gesturing for Sophie to follow him into a side room.

Godfrey entrance causes Duccio to stop short and give a nod to the grim look man and a quizzical look at the new arrival, "It is good to see you make it to court Godfrey, these are tumultuous times and I hope you have not been effected too greatly. I should be back shortly to meet your new friend once I get a few things sorted."

As Duccio is about to continue towards the side room again he turns to the approaching Enki, "Thank you for your assistance Enki, and please let me know if you hear of anything and stay safe in your travels." As Enki leaves Duccio turns yet again to Sophie and begins to moves towards a side room.

Standing next to Abdul is Isaac. You can't seem to remember him entering the room with Abdul but there he is.
"Abdul speaks true. There are indeed demons beneath the city. Foul creatures that eat the flesh of the living and have strange powers. There are also strange kindred who we might assume are demon cultists who wish us harm as they were trying to do something to Finn."
Isaac looks sad and actually angry. He takes a moment to center himself.
"There is some small amount of good news regarding the inquisition and hunters at least. I spent the last few fortnights carefully looking into them. The inquisiton themselves is based mostly out of the castle I mentioned and are funded by local churches. They do not seem particularly aware of us or especially trying to seek us out. They are just sort of....flailing about in the dark to see what they run into. If we are careful we should be able to avoid them. Second is Siegfried. While a dangerous hunter we have warned the lupines who are now actively hunting him. This maintains our truce while having our enemies fight each other and if the inquisiton DOES hear rumblings of unnatural things its more likely the wolves will draw their attention. Even more important is that Siegfried and his hunters are not working directly with the church. Rather they are independent of each other. Less coordination than we thought among those who would kill us van only be a good thing. It is also Siegfried who has been buying up silver not the inquisition."

Gwynne re-enters quietly with the rest of the group, looking a bit roughed up from the ordeal, and a bit tired. When they are all done speaking, she gets Isaac's attention. "Isaac, I was thinking... should you and I go check to make sure Finn is going to be alright? I mean, they did take her from her home in the first place, right? Maybe it's not the safest..."

"Is it not your job to enact new edicts to the city?" Abdul asked in a puzzled tone before turning his attention to Gwynne and Isaac, "If you two could check on Finn and her sister it would be much appreciated. Also please inform their new 'friend' that if he doesn't present himself to the court he will be in breach of the law and punishable in accordance to those laws." Abdul glanced around the gathered Kindred. "If anyone of you know anything about Demons, Devils and the like please make it known to ether myself or your primogen."

Isaac clears his throat.
"What we faced were a type of demon called fomori. They possess people and slowly take them over. They come from the underworld and over time they mutate their host which leads to them coming in a variety of forms..... " Isaac's voice is unusually stern and disgusted. As he goes on he seems a bit distracted and seems more and more disturbed. His voice eventually trails off as he finishes speaking and there are bloody tears in his eyes looking at Abdul.He looks away.
"Come on Gwynne let's go check on our friends and warn our new friend Heinrich."

Gwynne leaves with Isaac.

"The Prince is fine, I spoke with her earlier this evening Keeper, and we are in agreeance that the city is become too lawless. As for Punishment of our own kind that is also my duty, or did Gregor's term make you forget that?" Abdul cast a glare at the Keeper, "Now if you want to be helpful please inquire into that Abyss you can command if there are any other hell spawns that need to put down like unacknowledged fledglings. If you require my presence I'll leave a ghoul here who will know my location. I have some tomes on the subject I need to review." Abdul turns on his heel, making a motion to one of his ghouls to stay put as he walked back out of the Abbey walls.